http://www.celluloidheroreviews.com/2006/10/25/something-wicked/ Movie Reviews! Hot! Juicy! Ready to Eat! Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.celluloidheroreviews.com/2006/10/25/something-wicked/#comment-733 slausen Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:58:25 +0000 http://www.celluloidheroreviews.com/2006/10/25/something-wicked/#comment-733 I respectfully disagree. In my opinion the novel has a pedestrian writing style, too wordy and drawn out, full of ridiculous, unrefined dialogues, low sense of suspense and totally unfocused dramatic narrative. The movie is more serious: the characters seems more real and with well made background emotions. Even the subtle Pryce's Mr.Dark is much more interesting than the clownish Dark of the novel. Jack Clayton's mise-en-scene is elegant and evocative but not puerily pompous like Bradbury. Yeah, in spite of Bradburys presence in script, Clayton turned the very soft novel into a powerful drama/horror. I respectfully disagree. In my opinion the novel has a pedestrian writing style, too wordy and drawn out, full of ridiculous, unrefined dialogues, low sense of suspense and totally unfocused dramatic narrative.
The movie is more serious: the characters seems more real and with well made background emotions. Even the subtle Pryce’s Mr.Dark is much more interesting than the clownish Dark of the novel. Jack Clayton’s mise-en-scene is elegant and evocative but not puerily pompous like Bradbury.
Yeah, in spite of Bradburys presence in script, Clayton turned the very soft novel into a powerful drama/horror.

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